Eye-A-Palooza Event to Give Vision Screenings/Eyeglasses

On April 8, Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation (OLSHF), a Trust grantee, is partnering with the William Temple House for Eye-A-Palooza, an event that is expected to provide 100 clients with free vision screenings, prescription lenses and frames. Eye-A-Palooza is part of OLSHF’s Mobile Health Screening Program (MHSP), which gives adults in need access to exams and eyeglasses. The Trust recently awarded OLSHF a grant for mobile screening vehicles to expand programs like Eye-A-Palooza.

The goal of the Mobile Health Screening Program (MHSP) is to detect sight and hearing problems before they become serious. MHSP has two primary objectives: conduct over 600 annual on-site health screenings for a minimum of 150,000 children and provide follow-up referrals for low-cost services to those with health problems.

Working in partnership with local Lions Clubs, school nurses and school districts, MHSP also collaborates with local health professionals and community organizations to conduct screening events statewide in Oregon.

OLSHF has accomplished this by successfully scheduling and coordinating each event with school nurses and district staff as well as Lions Clubs. MHSP staff around the state collaborate with Lions Clubs to promote the events, secure the needed volunteers for screenings, announce the events in the media of the local community, document the events, track recipient statistics and create reports for nurses/schools. We trained hundreds of parents, school nurses, nursing students and community volunteers to use the digital Spot vision screener under the guidance of MHSP staff.

If you are interested in learning more about our program or even volunteering at an upcoming event, please contact Program Administrator Kaitlin at 503-413-7632 or Kaitlin@OLSHF.org.